Richard Israel is a New York-baseD theatre director specializing in the development of new musicals
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THE WIZARD OF OZ
By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Richard will be directing a concert reading of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s Alice By Heart in Spring 2026. A young girl takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and love with the help of her favorite book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Very proud to have received two Broadway World nominations for directing — AMERICAN WHORE STORY at New York’s AMT Theatre, and THE CIVILITY OF ALBERT CASHIER at LA’s Colony Theatre!
Richard will be directing the world premiere of Martin Storrow’s KING OF PANGEA at the Kings Head Theatre in London, opening June 7th!
Directed by Richard Israel, Naomi Grossman’s solo tour de force moves across the pond for a run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2024
